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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
ok I've got to hear the explanation for this one...
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Agreed. There's a few parallels (Vulcan = Alderaan, Super Weapon, etc.), but I think its otherwise fairly distinct from A New Hope.
That said, I do think that the Abrams movies really don't get what made Star Trek great, and found a great cast and had them play supercharged caricatures of the original cast (Kirk = Womanizer, Spock = Conflicted, McCoy = Surly, Scotty = Eccentric boozer, etc.). I know Plinkett is polarizing, but he hits on this pretty well in his review.
They clearly knew the subject material, so its not a matter of not knowing Star Trek, they just don't understand it. They wanted Star Wars in a variant of the Star Trek universe. Ironically, Beyond was probably the closest in tone.